Roman Panin

Roman Ivanovich Panin (28 September 1897-1 June 1949) was a Major-General of the Soviet Red Army during World War II.

Biography
Roman Ivanovich Panin was born on 28 September 1897 in St. Petersburg, Russian Empire, and he served as a junior officer in the Imperial Russian Army during World War I. Panin served in the Red Army during the Russian Civil War and served as an adviser to the Kuomintang's National Revolutionary Army in China from 1938 to 1939. During the Winter War, he commanded a Soviet corps against Finland's troops, and he took command of the Soviet 14th Army in Murmansk, defending the port from Finland and Nazi Germany during Operation Silver Fox in June-November 1941. In May 1942, he was sent to command a reserve army, and he served as a staff officer for several military units. In the summer of 1944, he was given command of the Soviet 5th Army after taking part in the Leningrad-Novgorod Offensive, and he led the 5th Army during Operation Bagration and the East Prussian Offensive. In February 1945, he was hospitalized, and he taught at the Frunze Military Academy until his retirement and death in 1949.